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BY CHRIS JAMES WOO OYAM: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2022 Oyam district in northern Uganda is eyeing a 40% increment in vegetable production through promotion of smallholder irrigation farming. However the district is placing its faith in the German Development Agency, GIZ to help it realize that vision. Last week it …

BY GLADYS KASLINE LAKAREBER KITGUM: TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2022 Kitgum district health department has received 51,602 vaccines for the third round of Covid-19 mass vaccination campaign which is to kick off on June 21, 2022. But unlike the previous campaigns, the focus this time is on children age 12 to …

BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2022 Over the weekend, Girls Must Uganda, a local civil society organization, summoned over 20 young women activists, feminists, rights defenders, councilors, probation officers and journalists in Kabale and Rukiga districts for a lesson on digital safety. Maurine Tukahirwa, the chief Executive Officer …

BY OKELLO JESUS OJARA GULU: WEDNESDAY,Jun 15, 2022 When Knight Akwero, a resident of Patwol ward in Anaka town council, Nwoya district conceived her first baby in 2006, she hoped to deliver at a health facility under the care of a trained midwife. When labor pains hit her during the …

BY TIMOTHY EODU MOROTO: MONDAY, JUNE 06, 2022 Karamoja residents have called for close coordination and cooperation from security forces during the operations to disarm cattle rustlers. They made the appeal during a Court Open Day, the first time Moroto district has hosted such an event, bringing together district leaders, …

BY DANIEL BWAMBALE KAMPALA: TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2022 At the height of the Cold War -1965 to 1975- TAZARA, a proposed 1,860 kilometers (km) railway from Dar-se-Salaam to Zambia was mooted. Zambia, a landlocked country was so desperate to export its copper outside the links through Apartheid South Africa. Presidents …

BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2022 Rt. Rev. Charles Collins Andaku, the bishop of Madi and West Nile diocese has issued a seven-point guide on how to celebrate Easter in a Christian way. “Meditate on Christ’s suffering and sacrifice, witness to others the proclamation of his rise from …

On the streets of Bidi Bidi refugee camp in Uganda, the wheels of a boda boda (a motorcycle taxi) stir up red dust as the driver manoeuvres slowly through the settlement, music blaring from a loudspeaker strapped to the back of his bike. The driver is a mobile messenger with the speaker broadcasting …

Kampala, Uganda — The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has tasked leaders from Northern Uganda to consider working in unison to redeem the region, saying it ranks poorest in the country. Oulanyah said the Northern region has received numerous ‘helping hands’ from government and development partners, but that the disunity …

Lira and Mbarara Cities have embraced officials of MTN along with their senior broker representatives during town hall visits aimed at promoting awareness of the MTN Initial Public offering (IPO) with the goal of encouraging participation of Ugandans in its IPO. The cities which are part of a series of …

Anti-apartheid legend Nelson Mandela liked hearty, simple meals, like oxtail stew. It was a favourite dish of South Africa’s first black president and now fills ravioli served in his former home, which has been transformed into a boutique hotel. The inside of the building, hidden on a quiet street in …

The Uganda men’s basketball team, Silverbacks will play no part in the Fiba World Cup Qualifiers that start Friday in Benguela, Angola. Fuba President Nasser Sserunjogi confirmed this in a press statement released yesterday after confirmation that Uganda, through the National Council of Sports (NCS), does not have the required …

As URA redirected their derailing StarTimes Uganda Premier Leagu campaign in a six-star style yesterday, striker Steven Mukwala was red-hot and a marvel to behold. Like a man on a mission, Mukwala beat the Tooro United offside trap to divert Saidi Kyeyune’s long range shot into the net on 21 …

The fruit canker disease has destroyed hundreds of mango trees in Gulu and Nwoya districts. The bacterial disease attacks mango leaves and fruits of both natural and grafted species whether still flowering or mature. Farmers in both districts say that the disease started appearing between July and October this year …

Tax. Whereas civil society has already raised a red flag, Uganda Revenue Authority says the Global Tax Agreement, reached recently presents Uganda with an opportunity to tax companies that have no physical address in the country. Until the rich economies started suffering the brunt of tax abuse in a typical case …

Covid-19 has forced many to change the way they shop. There’s a strong shift to online shopping as people get confined by lockdowns, and then many continue to work from home. There has been other shift towards digital consumption with shoppers keen on where to find the best price.  Paul Murungi caught …

What you need to know: Hard times are not an excuse for one’s failure to save. Find something that inspires you to save, Racheal Nabisubi writes. If saving has ever faced any difficult time, it can’t be worse than now. Covid-19 has devastated incomes and taken away jobs. Economies across the globe, …

KABAROLE: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2021 The parliamentary committee on health has inspected health centers in the districts of Kabarole and Bundibugyo with an aim of assessing their status. The MPs said they were interested on finding out how different projects in the respective health centers are being implemented, the staffing …